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Headquarters
  
Selangor, Malaysia

Fleet size
  
5

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EAGLEXPRESS AIR

Founded
  
8 August 2011

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Commenced operations
  
19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)

Operating bases
  
Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Key people
  
Azlan Zainal Abidin (CEO)

Operating base
  
Kuala Lumpur International Airport

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Eaglexpress Air Charter Sdn Bhd is a charter airline with its headquarters in Selangor, Malaysia and base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline is a joint venture between private investors in Malaysia and South Korea, with 60%-40% holding respectively, it plans on specialising in Pilgrimage, Holiday and Business charters as well as ACMI operations on behalf of other airlines.

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The company was set up in January 2012 and operated their first charter flight in February for a holiday group from South Korea to Malaysia, it was followed by Umra flights to Jeddah for a Malaysian Travel Agency under a six-month contract from March to mid September, flying Pilgrims from Malaysia, Southern Thailand and Indonesia.

The airline hoped to have 8 aircraft by the end of 2012, which include Boeing 737-400/Boeing 737-800, and up to 20 aircraft in the next 5 years. their first Hajj service to Jeddah took off 21 September 2012. Eaglexpress have 3 boeing 747-400 operates for Saudia and Fly Nas.

Eaglexpress also plan to launch cargo operations as both charter and ACMI, using 3 Boeing 747-400F focusing on South Korea and Hong Kong.

On December 20, The Edge reports that Eaglexpress Air Service Permit (ASP) has been revoked, and it shall have no effect from Dec 21 2016, according to a statement issued by Malaysian Aviation Commission.

Fleet

The Eaglexpress fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2016):

Previous Fleet

  • 1 Airbus A330-200 (operating for flynas). It was later returned to the lessor, Guggenheim Aviation Partners after being withdrawn from use on June 7, 2016.
  • References

    Eaglexpress Wikipedia